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I applied to DOE in March and passed my screening
interview. I was wondering if anyone got placed at a
school yet? Someone told me that new hires don't get
called until July??? For those already in the system, is
this typically true?
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To Whom It May Concern,
I've recently moved to Hawaii with my family from Taiwan,
where I lived for more than a decade. In the year prior
to our move, I often logged on to the Hawaii chatboard in
order to get some practical advice as well as general
impressions of the area of the U.S. I was planning...See More/blockquote>
To Whom It May Concern,
I've recently moved to Hawaii with my family from Taiwan,
where I lived for more than a decade. In the year prior
to our move, I often logged on to the Hawaii chatboard in
order to get some practical advice as well as general
impressions of the area of the U.S. I was planning to move
back to. As it seems that people interested in moving to
Hawaii and teaching there frequently access this website,
I am writing to try to satisfy their curiosity on certain
points and to give them a newcomer's set of impressions on
what it's actually like here.
First, I'd like to comment on the cost of living here,
about which you read a lot of negative commentary. My
impression at this point is that the proverbial high cost
of living in the islands is exaggerated. True, I lived
outside the U.S. for many years and am just now trying to
get a sense of what day-to-day costs are like in my home
country after being away for so long. But I have taken
frequent vacations throughout the years to visit my family
in Pennsylvania, and my sense is that, apart from the
costs of housing, the day-to-day costs of getting by in
Hawaii are about the same as on the mainland - IF, that
is, you shop where the locals do and avoid paying the
greedy middlemen who run things in areas where (often
extremely wealthy) tourists hang out. I've read horror
stories of people having to pay $6 for a gallon of milk or
a box of cereal, but where we shop we don't pay more than
$3.50 or so for either. Gas is 10% more expensive, but of
course you don't really feel it in most situations as
you're living on an island where everything is in close
location to everything else and the farthest distance you
can actually drive from one place to another is about 44
miles.
The biggest difference, as might be expected, is with
respect to home costs. Of course, things have gotten just
as expensive in many areas of the U.S. mainland (and
probably more expensive in fact in a lot of places such as
California). The key thing is that you have to get used
to living in smaller spaces. This is relatively easy for
me, as I've spent the last decade living in the second
most densely populated country on Earth, where you don't
get much for your money when it comes to space. In fact,
I've gotten so used to it that I've come to like living in
modest spaces as you have that much less work to do
keeping everything in good condition. My impression is
that most people in Hawaii simply don't feel the need for
the grandiose spaces that people in general enjoy on the
U.S. mainland. The majority of people here either have
either immigrated from or descend from people who
immigrated from heavily populated East Asian countries
where people simply don't have so much space as we have in
America or in Western Europe. The other thing is that, in
an area of the world where the weather is so perfect, you
don't feel the need to have such commodious indoor spaces
simply because you don't feel the need to spend so much
time indoors. I suspect that many people from the
mainland who relocate to the islands, particularly those
raising families, (understandably) can't get used to
dealing with the smaller spaces associated with living on
a space-hungry island. If, however, you're in a position
such as myself, coming from a part of the world where
people live in similarly crowded circumstances, or if you
are single or don't yet have children, you'll have a much
easier time adjusting to the smaller spaces and will be
able to accept not having so much space for the same
amount of money.
In short, I believe that the perception that Hawaii is so
much more expensive than the mainland is only correct from
the point of view of people who are not willing to
sacrifice the great amount of space they enjoy on the
mainland and force themselves to pay double or more when
they get here than what they would have to pay if they
were willing to make such a sacrifice.
Second,to all the people, whether locals or mainlanders,
many of them apparently mean-spirited, who are constantly
griping about ethnic issues and racial slights on this
chatboard, I will say this: lighten up a bit, and you're
sure to a much nicer time of it. Doubtless there are a
lot of people who go through life looking for trouble of
this sort, and doubtless, in a frequently mean-spirited
world, they're able to find it. My impression, however,
is that there is FAR LESS of this sort of trouble in
Hawaii than anywhere else in the U.S. My daughter,
although she is half-Chinese, looks far "whiter" than any
of the other kids in her class, in an elementary school
where there are only a handful of white kids. She
certainly doesn't notice that she looks any different from
the rest of her classmates, comes home with a big smile on
her face every day, and is overjoyed to be out of the
crazy, high-pressure study environment of public school in
Taiwan. She's already picked up the local accent and
apparently fits right in. The other white kids I notice
at her school all seem to be just as happy as everyone
else. Doubtless in high schools you do encounter
problems, some of them involving ethnic or racial slurs,
but doesn't this happen everywhere in the American public
school system? Adolescents can be nasty and groups of
them will frequently treat poorly anyone who is perceived
as non-conforming, including when it comes to appearance.
This is a just an unfortunate part of American youth. My
suspicion is that the sort of kids who encounter this sort
of trouble in school here are the sort of kids who would
encounter this sort of trouble anywhere (and possibly
administer to this sort of trouble to other kids). And
I'd like to add that, while I understand that I've only
been here for a couple of months and likely haven't had
much occasion to experience certain negative aspects of
living here, so far I have found strangers and especially
people doing any sort of public service (grocery clerks,
bus drivers, etc.) to be far more relaxed and FAR
FRIENDLIER than most of their counterparts in the frantic
East Coast area where I grew up.
To conclude, my experience so far as a newcomer has been
entirely positive, and I would recommend it to other
teachers or prospective teachers who are looking for a
change of locale and who would like to make a contribution
to a part of the U.S. which desperately needs more good
teachers. The costs here really seem to be exaggerated,
as do the reports of poor, mistreated haoles.
If other newcomers or prospective newcomers would like to
contact me for an exchange of info, I'd be happy to hear
from them!
Best wishes,
Andy
by Bill Erbes
May 13, 2006
/blockquote>
This is an invitation to participate in a totally free
event that will take place on September 11 and that will
be, I believe, of special interest to teachers and
librarians. As we are a public library in Illinois with
absolutely no budget to give this event the publicity it
deserves, we are hoping you w...See More/blockquote>
This is an invitation to participate in a totally free
event that will take place on September 11 and that will
be, I believe, of special interest to teachers and
librarians. As we are a public library in Illinois with
absolutely no budget to give this event the publicity it
deserves, we are hoping you will share the information
with anyone you think might have an interest.
On September 11, 2006, the Bensenville Community Public
Library District (a Chicago suburb) will present Marion
Blumenthal Lazan live and in real time to anyone with an
Internet connection. To participate, you merely install a
small program (it loads in about 20 seconds), turn on your
computer's speakers, then sit back and listen to Marion.
If you also have a microphone attached to your computer,
you will be able to speak with her and ask questions
directly.
As a girl, Marion and her family were trapped in Hitler's
Germany, and they spent six and a half years in refugee
and concentration camps, including Westerbork in Holland
and Bergen-Belsen in Germany. They were in a cattle car
on their way to Auschwitz when they were finally liberated
by Russian troops.
Now in her seventies, Marion is devoting the rest of her
life to telling her story. She knows that in a few years
there will be no Holocaust survivors left, yet what
happened must never be forgotten. Her story does not
dwell on the horror of what she experienced. Instead, her
message is one of hope and optimism in the face of
extraordinary hardship. She implores us to be kind to one
another, to embrace diversity, to always retain hope, to
respect one another, and to never look away from
intolerance and cruelty. Could there be a more powerful
or appropriate message on September 11?
Marion will speak to the children of the world on
September 11, 2006, at 2:00 p.m., eastern time. She will
speak for about 30 minutes, and she will then take
questions. She will be speaking in an online auditorium,
and there is no charge whatsoever to listen. Our hope is
that thousands of children and their teachers will spend
that hour on September 11 with Marion. She will tell a
story of courage, hope, and the will to survive. Your
students (and you) will be mesmerized and inspired.
For more information, including directions for registering
for the program and logging onto the website where the
online auditorium is located, please just reply to this
message to: [email removed]].
If you have any questions or concerns, please direct them
to me, Bill Erbes, [email removed].
We believe there will be much interest in this event if
only we can get the word out that it will be happening.
Any help you can offer in spreading the message will be
most appreciated.
Thank you.
Bill Erbes
Assistant Library Director
Bensenville Community Public Library District
200 S. Church Road
Bensenville, IL 60106
(630) 766-4642
by William L. St. Martin Jr.
Jun 1, 2006
/blockquote>
If you were not…
I was there when our President of these United States
visited Boston in 2001,
and I saw the added security and limousines at terminal b.
Overall it wasn’t
that bad, which led me to assume that there were several
agencies involved in
preparation for this visit. Massport knew t...See More/blockquote>
If you were not…
I was there when our President of these United States
visited Boston in 2001,
and I saw the added security and limousines at terminal b.
Overall it wasn’t
that bad, which led me to assume that there were several
agencies involved in
preparation for this visit. Massport knew that I was
there, and I’d heard some
small talk on the radio about it, but I wasn’t in the
airport for very long. The in-
tone utterance, while I was standing beside a military
officer at the LEX express
terminal in Woburn, was the Oklahoma City federal building
bombing.
President Bush also visited Boston Latin High School
on Louis Pasteur Road,
where I was the university shuttle, near ‘the Fenway’ and
Harvard Medical
School area. Not to be confused with nearby Fenway
Baseball Park. These were
two separate visits with the second after September 11th,
2001.
My life includes the patent that was used for the hi-
jacking terrorism venue.
Again, historic, worthy, proper and practical, as I
was there, the only present
collective witness of true substance, as an employee from
Taunton stalked by
Tali Ban. Meanwhile, disappearing from and reappearing
behind Logan Inter-
national Airport just prior to and on 9 - 11 - 2001.
Targeted!
From 209A Restraining Orders to an Independence Day
evening 2001 hit…
I was employed from Boston, with the Paul Revere
Transportation Comp-
any’s (LEX) Logan Express based in Chelsea, Massachusetts
to Braintree and
Woburn…
Two of the four airliners that were hijacked had
departed from terminal b.
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One AA flight 11 passengers boarding date and our
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(Peter A. Gay - former State Representative Attorney
Peter B. Gay’s son!!!)
Includes correspondence with F.B.I., Senator Pacheco and
M.A. State Police.
Also see how Former State Representative Aleixo's namesake
interconnects.
President Bush didn’t visit Boston Latin High soon after 9-
11 for nothing…
Taunton Superior and Probate Court addresses are 9
and 11…
Peter B. Gay's family law firm had always represented
our family...
Messages from tower to tower, the media fraud that
surrounds the local environment
in and behind Logan International Airport, the original
plans are confirmed in depth
investigations with documentation and records…
Andrew Whitehouse – Warren President – William Hall -
Angelique Struck – Pat Gorey - Soule - Hunter
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The Lex Operator
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Did you know that 9-11 New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s
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Email inquiries: 9-11-[email removed]
/blockquote>
I am in NY and am interested in moving to Hawaii. I am a
speech/lanugage therapist working in a school district, and
wondered if speech therapists also work in the schools
there. Are they part of the teacher's union? Any info
would be greatly appreciated.
/blockquote>
Ive been reading about teaching licenses for Hawaii. I
have a current Virginia teaching License. Is it
reciprocal? Or do I need to start the process as
an "initial" Hawaii teaching license?
Thanks!
by Joe Niemczura
Jul 4, 2006
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does anybody know of any school nursing positions that will
be open come fall?
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